Houston Texans News and Rumors

INDIANAPOLIS — On the first day of the scouting combine, Texans general manager Rick Smith and coach Gary Kubiak met with the media and answered questions about the team’s goals in free agency and the draft. How the Texans fare in free agency, which b

Here are tentative round-by-round draft selections for the Houston Texans. The order does not include compensatory selections, which will be awarded at the bottom of Rounds 3-7 and announced next month. Round 1, 27th overall Round 2, 57th overall Round …

Texans’ Cedric Smith named strength coach of year

INDIANAPOLIS - Congratulations are in order for Cedric Smith, the Texans’ strength and conditioning coach. Smith was voted 2012 NFL Strength Coach of the Year by his peers - the league’s strength coaches. He was honored at a banquet Wednesday ni

Brian Cushing: Defensive players have to be protected, too

The torn ACL suffered by Texans linebacker Brian Cushing when he was hit in the knee from behind by Jets guard Matt Slauson may have been the tipping point for a change in NFL rules to emphasize protecting the legs of defensive players. Cushing supports…

Red flag rule on track to be tweaked

The Texans-Lions game on Thanksgiving had everything. Included a horrible call that led to a long touchdown run that wasn’t reviewed via replay because Detroit coach Jim Schwartz threw the red challenge flag when he shouldn’t have thrown it. The blu

INDIANAPOLIS - General manager Rick Smith heads a Texans contingent that includes every member of the personnel, coaching and medical department for the start of the scouting combine. The combine at Lucas Oil Stadium ends Monday for 333 prospects who ho